Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 214-226 , April 2010

Novel optical nanosensors for probing and imaging live cells

  • Janina Kneipp, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
    • Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Department of Chemistry, Humboldt University, Berlin Germany.
    • ,
  • Harald Kneipp, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Institute for Molecular Biology and Bio-Informatics, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Burghardt Wittig, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Molecular Biology and Bio-Informatics, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Katrin Kneipp, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Institute for Molecular Biology and Bio-Informatics, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Received 3 February 2009 ,Accepted 19 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2009.07.009

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Volume 6, Issue 2 , Pages 214-226 , April 2010

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